Oxy: potent overperscribed drug bogeyman. Pain reliever and depressant
speed heads: dirtbag users of illegal stimulants
codeine: cough syrup you can abuse if you're really, really desperate, just to group it all together

"other LEGAL Sources...": Get with the program, slave! We have a great circle jerk going with the healthcare-industrial complex. Get your Oxy from a pharmacy, prescribed by your physician, paid for by your insurance company, supplied by pharmaceuticals, subsidized by government, protected by patent. We have ALL the good meds, just complain about your back a little more. Don't you dare get high without paying into our system!

Wow, sorry about that. I think the American drug problem is complex, and needs to be approached in a very measured, rational way, but it's interesting to watch those with a vested interest in the system and status quo freak out when there's an alternative to playing their game.]]>Re: Re: Re: Re: Obedient Big Box Storeshttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130325/00100222448/one-step-closer-to-sales-taxes-all-internet-purchases.shtml#c1586
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Abusive monopoly is illegal, but we often call a certain class of abusive monopoly "copyright".
Theft is illegal, but we call a certain class of legalized theft "taxes". The only reason no one is punished is because we authorize them by proxy by re-electing those who impose them on us, thereby consenting.

When that taxation is imposed without representation, people get mad. America isn't too far gone yet, but it's not looking good.]]>Re: Re: Re: what is an illegal internet pharmacy????https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130329/14460922514/ups-coughs-up-40-million-because-it-delivered-drugs-rogue-pharmacies.shtml#c1180
Mon, 1 Apr 2013 10:02:35 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130329/14460922514/ups-coughs-up-40-million-because-it-delivered-drugs-rogue-pharmacies.shtml#c1180
I would think you are mentally incapable, but you write lots of words that are, outside of the context, fairly coherent.

You are either being deliberately obtuse, or you have a motive other than truth and justice.

"All imported goods require proper customs and a "Bill of lading" or it's equivalent land based documentation"

This is true. This document is generated by the shipping party (not the shipper).

"It IS the responsibility of the original company (drug company) AND the transport/import company (UPS) to ensure these laws are upheld."

First of all, "transport/import company" is not a thing. A freight company is not the importer. The company that owns and sells the object is the importer.

Second, your definitions suck. A court upholds a law. The responsibility of your drug company is to OBEY the law. The responsibility of an enforcement agency (law enforcement, DEA) is to enforce, or "ensure" as you say, the law. Again I say, UPS is not an enforcement agency!

Finally, as far as I can tell, no discussion of importation is even relevant to the question! Nothing in the press release, agreement, or the Attachment A you cite often refer to shipments from foreign companies. The term "Internet pharmacy" is used often, but no one is located on "the internet". The only geographical location noted, in point 23 of your Attachment A, is the State of Florida. In the context of THIS case, please do not refer to "import" again. It has utterly nothing to do with UPS here.]]>Re: Re: Re: Prohibited by Lawhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130329/14460922514/ups-coughs-up-40-million-because-it-delivered-drugs-rogue-pharmacies.shtml#c1168
Mon, 1 Apr 2013 09:10:00 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130329/14460922514/ups-coughs-up-40-million-because-it-delivered-drugs-rogue-pharmacies.shtml#c1168
3.3 Citation of UPS policy document declaring intent not to break the law. This is a company policy, NOT ITSELF A LAW.

4. Feds told UPS that bad people use UPS.

5. Feds told UPS that bad people use UPS.

6. UPS representative says "Our customers are not supposed to ship illegal things. That would be illegal for them to do."

Still having a hard time finding laws that were clearly violated. I can see that the idea of someone not rendering "unwavering subservience", as DogBreath said elsewhere, to an actual employee of the DEA, a tentacle of the almighty FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, throws you into absolute panic. There is a difference between a suggestion and a law. Our country was founded on ideas about exercise of liberty, not begging permission from our superiors.]]>Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130329/14460922514/ups-coughs-up-40-million-because-it-delivered-drugs-rogue-pharmacies.shtml#c715
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UPS can be co-opted with things like non-prosecution agreements and national security letters, to give them color of law, or just with a warrantless wiretap style program.]]>Re: what is an illegal internet pharmacy????https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130329/14460922514/ups-coughs-up-40-million-because-it-delivered-drugs-rogue-pharmacies.shtml#c690
Sat, 30 Mar 2013 06:01:36 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130329/14460922514/ups-coughs-up-40-million-because-it-delivered-drugs-rogue-pharmacies.shtml#c690
And providing your id, and address details."

Actually, that is not the case in the USA. Logically, how should a carrier be liable for contents that were never disclosed to them? The UPS is not an enforcement agency.

"IF UPS is provided a list of clients who conduct illegal activities using UPS, and UPS does nothing about it, but knows those clients are using their service they are profiting from crime. And are complicit in that crime."

America has this great thing called "rule of law" that we strive to live under. The goal is to keep the rules clear. To the best of my reading, none of the DOJ documents show that UPS was served an injunction against dealing with certain clients, nor do they show that UPS continued to do business with people after they were convicted of pharmacy drug crime. A request from a police department is neither a court order nor a law, and does not have the force of either. It may be immoral for a company to do business with a likely criminal, but it is not illegal. An accused criminal is not guilty until proven so.]]>Re: one problemhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130329/14460922514/ups-coughs-up-40-million-because-it-delivered-drugs-rogue-pharmacies.shtml#c649
Sat, 30 Mar 2013 05:29:26 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130329/14460922514/ups-coughs-up-40-million-because-it-delivered-drugs-rogue-pharmacies.shtml#c649http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130201/12063221855/dea-circumventing-oregon-state-law-to-grab-medical-records-without-warrant.shtml

"So UPS is allowed to send parcels from anonymous posters ? and without any knowledge of the content of the parcel ?"

Yes. UPS is not an enforcement agency.

I'm terribly sorry to hear about your situation in Australia with the post office there. You don't have to accept the fact that the government treats you like a stupid slave.]]>Re: Re: Re: UPS just doesn't pick up the packages, Mike,https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130329/14460922514/ups-coughs-up-40-million-because-it-delivered-drugs-rogue-pharmacies.shtml#c624
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The ass-kicking comment was in reply to OOTB's rhetorical postulation of a doctor trying to treat a healthy person, not someone unconscious on a sidewalk.]]>Re: Prohibited by Lawhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130329/14460922514/ups-coughs-up-40-million-because-it-delivered-drugs-rogue-pharmacies.shtml#c590
Sat, 30 Mar 2013 05:04:07 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130329/14460922514/ups-coughs-up-40-million-because-it-delivered-drugs-rogue-pharmacies.shtml#c590
You do realize that the shipper in your added emphasis is actually the pharmacy or the middleman, not UPS, right? You do realize that the UPS Tariff/Terms and Conditions of Service document is an agreement between UPS and their customers, not an actual law, right?]]>Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130329/14460922514/ups-coughs-up-40-million-because-it-delivered-drugs-rogue-pharmacies.shtml#c547
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Every time I hear "non-prosecution agreement", a little part of my soul dies.]]>Re: Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130329/14460922514/ups-coughs-up-40-million-because-it-delivered-drugs-rogue-pharmacies.shtml#c533
Sat, 30 Mar 2013 04:53:55 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130329/14460922514/ups-coughs-up-40-million-because-it-delivered-drugs-rogue-pharmacies.shtml#c533https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101208/01334112182/dailydirt-horse-other-other-red-meat.shtml#c47
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Sadly, 60% of my fellow Californians disagreed. http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_Proposition_6,_Prohibition_on_Slaughter_of_Horses_for_Human_Consumption_(1998)]]>Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130307/01490322235/congress-tries-yet-again-to-fix-outdated-electronic-privacy-laws.shtml#c51
Fri, 8 Mar 2013 18:22:39 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130307/01490322235/congress-tries-yet-again-to-fix-outdated-electronic-privacy-laws.shtml#c51Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130307/17202922246/just-cause-2-developer-why-it-wont-utilize-drm-it-treats-our-fans-like-criminals.shtml#c469
Fri, 8 Mar 2013 17:03:02 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130307/17202922246/just-cause-2-developer-why-it-wont-utilize-drm-it-treats-our-fans-like-criminals.shtml#c469https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130307/01490322235/congress-tries-yet-again-to-fix-outdated-electronic-privacy-laws.shtml#c25
Fri, 8 Mar 2013 16:33:30 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130307/01490322235/congress-tries-yet-again-to-fix-outdated-electronic-privacy-laws.shtml#c25Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130305/14551022206/launch-day-punishment-simcitys-online-only-drm-locking-purchasers-out-servers-purchases.shtml#c1526
Fri, 8 Mar 2013 16:15:50 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130305/14551022206/launch-day-punishment-simcitys-online-only-drm-locking-purchasers-out-servers-purchases.shtml#c1526
Yes, we know that online game companies (Blizzard, that's you) are notorious for not being willing/able to ramp up server capacity to handle a launch day peak that will probably not be matched for a long time. The point is that Sim City DID NOT HAVE TO BE THAT WAY! Even Ubisoft, who ostensibly has abandoned always-on DRM, did not require a crippling amount of server interaction with a healthy connection.

If the DRM on your single player game is so intrusive it brings down YOUR servers at launch, you're doing it wrong.]]>Re: Finallyhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130307/02035822236/will-jurisdictional-fight-slow-down-cispas-momentum.shtml#c136
Fri, 8 Mar 2013 16:06:30 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130307/02035822236/will-jurisdictional-fight-slow-down-cispas-momentum.shtml#c136
"Ambition must be made to counteract ambition."
-James Madison, Federalist 51

Madison was talking about tension between different branches of government, but the principle is still the same. When one faction in power has the ability to obstruct another faction, it is more likely (not always) that the final action will be more aligned with the rule of law and the will of the people. Single parties (of any sort) have a terrible tendency to steamroll through policies that favor narrow, usually selfish, interests.]]>Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130223/05373922082/dark-helmets-favorite-posts-week-4-this-time-its-personal.shtml#c156
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